University of Burgess was a mixed between a high classed, privileged college to a local one that is very connected to the community. Anyone who works hard and earn good grades and might have a special talent can enter, but there isn't any specific things to do in order to get if you do managed to get in at perhaps the young age of sixteen years old from a nowhere town of Berk it's quite the accomplishment.
Not only was Hiccup Haddock smart, a genius maybe, but he is a excellent artist in all fields of art ranging from hand sketching to painting to clay making. Hiccup wasn't anywhere near being athletic or strong in any sense of the word expect for being strong minded. But he made up for it with his artistic talent and his engineering and even his blacksmithing skills. When Hiccup wasn't at school or spending his free time drawing he would hang out with his close friends or his father's friend, Gobber, at the Forge. Despite his size and his mannerisms Hiccup can be quite confident, very stubborn, and determined as hell. Though no one would of guessed that because the boy was a total wreck on the college's campus. The kid was several hours from home and knew no one in the university or in the whole town of Burgess so it made sense why he was so nervous and shy.
As Hiccup made his way through the crowd of bushing young adults talking amongst themselves, the nerd managed to take a misstep while going down the trips and fall onto his knees. His papers scattered and his drawing pencils flew out all over the tile floor and sadly no one took the time to help the poor boy out who was doing his best to gather his things. He kept cursing to himself on his stupidity of falling like that and could of possibly revealed his prosthetic to everyone and get treated like a weakling or be stared at as a freak. The story how he lost his leg were to only be known from his father and his best friend. Other then that no one else knows about the accident. During his frantic state, Hiccup did not notice one of his sketchbooks were kicked and skidded at a unreachable distance, but thankfully a young, handsome man found it and picked it up. The man looked around and spotted through the crowd who the possible owner of the notebook was and walked to the nerd on his knees.
"Is this yours?" Asked a deep, calming voice as a green, hard cover sketchbook was shoved in front of Hiccup's face. Hiccup looked up, pushing some of his overflowing auburn bangs away from his eyes and fixing his crooked glasses to see who the voice belonged to.
"Y-yes." Stammered Hiccup after he got a good look at the kind stranger who only gave a small chuckle in response to the boy's nervousness.
The man knelt down and helped Hiccup stacked his books and gathering the rest of his things. Hiccup couldn't help, but studied the stranger who looked odd in a way, but in a good way. He had snow white hair, bright blue eyes with a tad bit a white in the irises reminding Hiccup of a snowflake. His skin was also very pale, but it suited him. The stranger wore a blue, zipped jacket, a plain white T-shirt underneath, a tight pair of khakis, and sky blue tennis shoes to match. Hiccup managed to get all his things back into his shoulder bag, but before he could pick it up the stranger heaved it over his shoulder, still holding the sketchbook in his hand.
"Theres no need to do that. I can carry it myself." Hiccup said as he tried to get up end up almost falling again if it wasn't for the stranger who caught him letting out another chuckle.
"You can barely carry yourself. You alright?"
"Yeah." Hiccup did not him to find out about his prosthetic which seems to be acting up after the fall. Hiccup knew he had to get to the nearest bathroom as soon as possible and fix it if possible. Gosh this is so embarrassing. "Look I'll be fine. I just need to get to the bathroom, can you tell me where it is?"
"No," the stranger answered sternly "but I can show you where it is."
Hiccup sigh in defeat of this man's persistence which made the man smile knowing he won. So the two began to walk, well sorta, Hiccup actually did more of half walk, half wobble which mean he had to lean on the stranger for support which gotten them a lot of odd stares and whispering murmurs. Mostly from the females.
"Ignore them. They're just jealous."
Jealous?, thought Hiccup.
"Anyways I never properly introduced myself. My name is Jack."
"Oh, uh thanks Jack."
"Your welcome, but aren't you going to give me your name."
"My name?"
"Yes the name your parents gave you when you were born. The name people call you if they want your attention."
"Its Hiccup and before you even laugh there is a reason for it."
"I'm not laughing, but it is cute."
Cute? Please don't say that. Hiccup pleaded inside his head, with a small blush on his face.
As they continued Hiccup told Jack that where he came from has a big ancestry with vikings and that his village tends to keep a lot of the cultural significance of their heritage with the bizarre names and how their houses looked. Before they even knew it, they were already at the men's restroom which Hiccup prayed that it would be empty.
"Thats interesting Hic."
"Hic? As if my name was strange enough you have to give me a nickname?"
"Sorry, but I do it to all my friends."
Wait he considers me a friend. But we only met a couple minutes ago.
"Besides if I keep calling you Hiccup I might actually get the hiccups."
"Well I don't see how that could be bad thing. Old folklore says that when someone gets the hiccups it means somewhere someone is talking about them. So you can think of getting them as a good thing."
"Heh, I guess. I didn't know that. You seem very smart and a little too young to be here Hic. How old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"Whoa, sixteen? Thats crazy." Jack then starts bouncing in excitement a bit as if he just remembered something, "I know you now. I'm surprised you haven't been hiccuping because you were the buzz of the school for awhile."
"I-I was. Thats creepy yet flattering."
"Dude your scores are some of the highest this college has ever seen."
"Yeah thats what they said which is why I was able to graduate high school early. When I got the news I more than happy to go to college as lame as that sounds."
"Kind of, but thats okay. I like lame."
Hiccup was unsure whether to take it as a compliment or not. Hiccup stopped worrying about it and peeked into the men's restroom and sees that it is empty. He sighed with relief, but his privacy won't last long. It would be only a matter of time before some people would to come in while Hiccup was missing with his left leg. Jack watched as Hiccup felt hesitant about something.
"You alright Hic?"
"Not really. Can I ask something of you?"
"Sure. Shoot."
"Do you mind standing right here and make sure no one else comes in while I am still in there?"
Jack nods accepting the mission he was given. He wanted to question it, but by the way Hiccup spoke and how nervous he seemed, it wouldn't of been better if he didn't ask anything and caused the boy to feel more uncomfortable. Hiccup enters the bathroom with his shoulder, but yet again left his sketchbook in Jack's hand. Hiccup hurried into the bathroom and went to work on his leg. A screw went lose during the fall, but Hiccup screwed it back in easily with the help of his small toolbox. While Hiccup was in there, Jack skimmed through the sketchbook because he likes to be nosey sometimes and he was absolutely amazed by the sketches. They were all of dragons, but they were very unique looking, all seeming to have special abilities or traits. The words around the dragons probably told what they were, but they were written in a unknown language that Jack couldn't translate, but he'll have to guess it was of ancient norse origin since Hiccup talked about that earlier.
Jack would have to look up every now and then to make sure no one was coming. Only a couple guys came by and Jack told them that it was disgusting mess in there and warned them that if they entered they probably wouldn't be able to escape. Most would laugh at comments like that, but when it came from Jack, one of the the most popular guys in school, no one questioned and just went on like it was nothing. It didn't take too long before Hiccup to exit out, able to walk normally again. His forest green eyes spots the sketchbook that is wide open in Jack's hand and freaks out a bit. Hiccup snatches it quickly from Jack's grasp and stuffs it in his shoulder bag.
"It's rude to go through people's things you know."
"I'm sorry. I swore I was only going to look at one page, but they were so cool that I had to keep going."
"Cool? They were just dragons though. Nothing special."
"Nothing special? Man they were fucking awesome. Where are they from?"
"Me. I made them up."
"Thats even more awesome. You have to tell me about it sometime."
"O-okay." Hiccup said, blushing.
Jack smiles at Hiccup who blushed even more.
"Well if you excuse me I got to go. See you around, Hic." Jack said patting Hiccup's forearm as the white haired boy speeds walk past the smaller boy and gets hidden by the crowd despite how he stands out.
Hiccup goes off on his own to his first class which was history. Hiccup either really likes history or can't stand it depending on the subject. He was tired of learning about the World Wars and took more interest in learning about different counties history and wished the class was more like how he wanted. But when Hiccup walked into class he could tell he was wrong based on the type of posters that littered the wall. The class was basically full and the short teen had trouble spotting a seat, but one nice lady waved her hand and pointed to the empty seat next to her. Hiccup looked behind him at first making sure she wasn't gesturing to someone. Hiccup made his way next to the lady and put his stuff down.
"Thanks. My name is Hiccup."
She giggles a bit before saying her name back, moving black hair out of her eyes. "Violet. Nice to meet you Hiccup."
Hiccup wasn't able to say anything in return when the professor spoke up and started writing on the board talking about himself and what the class would be like and all that. Hiccup listened for a bit before he felt like he was going to doze off from boredom. He knows all this stuff already and could already tell this was the perfect class to do homework in and to doodled. So Hiccup turned to a blank page in his sketch book and started to draw random designs throughout the fairly long class. Every now and then him and Violet will passed notes to one another and since they sat right next to each other they weren't caught.
After class finished Violet said goodbye to Hiccup before she made her way to her next class while Hiccup walked around campus for a bit. It was somewhere around 1:30 PM and Hiccup was feeling hungry so his next stop was going to be the cafeteria, if he could find it that is. The campus was bigger than he expected and everything looked the same when you're new. So while Hiccup ventured out on his own Jack sat in his classroom sitting in between two of his besets friends, Rapunzel and Merida. One was a beautiful blonde with a cheerful disposition and loved by the school and genuinely very nice. The other was a feisty red head who was also nice, but not at first impressions though, you have to really get to know the scottish gal to understand her.
Rapunzel was texting her boyfriend, giggling and smiling wide as she read his text, but if any of her two good friends asked if they could read she'll give them a look which meant 'mine your own business'. Jack rolled his eyes playfully before he began to speak with Merida.
"So Merida are you excited for the upcoming archery competition?"
"Ay. I've been practicing aw summer. Wi my skills an hard work I was able to kill a fly from a mile away." Merida said reacting the motions of nocking an imaginary bow and shooting it at nothing in particular. "I hope ya two will be thare. Ay?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Thats what I like tae hear. Will Jackson come too?"
"Most likely."
"An DJ?" Merida asked not seeming to want to hear a certain answer.
"I don't know. He may have a gig."
Merida let out a sigh of relief making Jack chuckled. He knows that her and his punk brother don't get along too well. The two are always butting heads with one another over the littlest details. The two didn't hate each other, but their different yet similar personalities always got them into situations where they may be at one another's throat. But normally Merida can be a calm chick until you rile her up because she is very stubborn and just like any other woman once she made up her mind she is not going to change it.
"Hey Jack, Merida, will you guys like to join Flynn and I for lunch?"
"Sure. Is class over already?"
"Not quite. But there is only like half hour left and we have nothing else to do. Plus I am starved."
"For what? Food or Flynn lovin." Merida commented making Rapunzel giggle as she got her stuff together. She pushed the red head lightly as they made their way out of the classroom.
It didn't take long for the three friends to make it to the cafeteria. Flynn stood at the entrance and waved at them as they came closer. Rapunzel gave him a peck on his cheek and they held hands as they entered the busy lunch room. Jack stood in line for Subway while Merida went straight to the Chinese food line and Rapunzel and Flynn went for chicken sandwiches. While Jack stood in line waiting to have his order taken he spots a familiar freckled, auburn haired boy sitting a table by his lonesome reading as he ate. Jack smiles a bit upon seeing the boy, it almost distracted him enough to unable to hear the lunch lady that kept trying to get his attention. If Jack didn't hear he would of probably would of have students cut him in line. Once Jack did get in his order and got his ham and salami on rye he went out looking for his friends. Rapunzel waved at Jack seeing the other three already got their lunches sooner than Jack did. Jack was going to go to them, but he looks back at Hiccup and wondered. The boy didn't seem to mine being alone, but Jack always likes to make new friends and took it upon himself to socialize with the new students. It was something the Overland family did in general.
Jack walked to Hiccup's table and pulled out a chair before sitting down. Hiccup looks up from his book.
"Hello Jack." Hiccup said not really sure if he should be happy to see the man or not. On one hand the guy was friendly and seemed like a pretty cool dude while on the other Hiccup doesn't really communicate well with people like Jack. Not saying Jack was a bad person, but Hiccup's crowd was more of the outcast people not the popular ones.
"Hey Hic. How is your first day going. Making any friends?" Jack asked before he took a bite out of his sandwich, some of the mustard squeezing out on the opposite end as he did so.
"Yes mom. My day has been going well. I've met a couple nice people so far." Hiccup respond with a playfulness to his tone. "You know I saw some people waving at you. You could sit by them if you want."
"Is this a hint that you want to kick me out?"
"Not really. I just don't want you to feel like you have to sit by me because you feel bad."
"I'm not doing this cause I have to. Its because I want to. Besides you promised you'll tell me about your dragons."
Hiccup was going to say something, but three people Hiccup didn't know came by holding trays of food. Hiccup sealed his lips tight.
"Hey guys!" Jack spoke up happily.
"Hey since you sat here we figure we'll join you," said the green eyed girl who then turns to Hiccup "if that is okay with you?"
"Yeah we don't want you to feel like we're trying to invade your table." the handsome burnet said who stood real close to the blonde.
"No, go right ahead. I don't mind." Hiccup rearranged his things so everyone was able to sit down and set their trays down without it feeling crowded. Secretly Hiccup did mind and he felt a bit clammy at the new people. They seemed friendly, but again they were the people Hiccup usually didn't hung out with.
"What is the name of wee boy Jack?"
"Hiccup. He's the new kid with the amazing grades and a fantastic artist."
"J-Jack don't say t-that. Its n-not true."
"Which part?" Flynn asked. "Because I'm leaning towards your name being Hiccup."
Rapunzel elbowed Flynn's ribs lightly.
"No that is my actual name. It's a viking thing that I really don't want to explain right now."
"He's referring to me calling him a fantastic artist. But if you saw his work then you guys would say the same."
"Oh really? That sounds wonderful. I love to draw every now and then, well actually I love to paint, but its kind of the same thing in a way. Maybe one time we can look at each other's works and stuff." Rapunzel said cheerfully. "By the way my name is Rapunzel, this is my boyfriend Flynn. And over there is Merida."
Surprisingly things didn't go down hill after the introduction stage in fact they Hiccup got along great with them. Hiccup was able to relate to Merida who came from a similar village like Hiccup's and she remind him a lot of Astrid, whom he missed dearly. Rapunzel and Hiccup were able to talk about the fine arts and even mentioned about taking their own field trip to the local museum one day. Him and Flynn didn't quite see eye to eye with unable to find a common ground, but the man seemed nice enough and unlike the other jocks Hiccup met, Flynn was respectful and didn't tease Hiccup for being a nerd. The only bad thing about the group is that it prevented him and Jack from talking much because both Rapunzel and Merida were talkative gals that always seem to have something to say. Plus Hiccup would of felt too shy to bring up his dragon pictures and telling them to Jack which he is thankful for that they interrupted that.
Lunch went by fast and they group had to go their separate ways except for Merida and Hiccup who classes were close to each other so they were able to walk off together. But before they were completely away from everyone Jack quickly skid his way to them, holding his cellphone.
"In case I don't get to see you later today I want to know if you had a cellphone number I could maybe have." Jack said not wanting it to sound awkward.
"Sure." Hiccup took Jack's cellphone and started to add his number to Jack's contact list. As Hiccup did so Merida wiggled her eye brows at Jack in a playful manner. Jack was often straight forward, but even this was too straight for him or maybe the exact opposite. Jack shushed her in the same playful way. Hiccup eventually finished and gave Jack back his cellphone.
"I guess just send me a text later so I can save your number." Hiccup said as he was about to leave, but Jack stood right in front of him.
"Hang on I'm going to need a picture of you so I can see all your cute freckles every time you call."
"Excuse me? I-" Hiccup began, but a flash from the cellphone's camera stopped him in mid seance catching a adorable, surprised expression on the teen with a part of Merida's frizzy red locks on the sidelines.
"Perfect. Thanks Hic, bye. Bye Merida." Jack said and jogged off. He didn't go far before getting a text from Merida. He looks down at it and blushes slightly at it.
*On a scale of 1-10 how cute do you think his freckles r?
